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The Jing cooler arrives in a sturdy box with an oriential artwork concept.
The package includes seperate manuals for Intel and AMD installation, as well isolation pads to help stop vibrations.
While most manufacturers put everything into a clear plastic bag, Thermaltake have opted for a rather nice foam padded accessory package with all the screws, mounting brackets and thermal paste neatly arranged.
The backplate design is also impressive, because both AMD and Intel motherboards can be mounted via the same plate.
The Jing is a very retro looking cooler, finished in a cream/grey and green colour scheme. We aren't sure this is going to appeal to many enthusiast users as it will look out of place within most chassis designs, but it is certainly eye catching.
Aesthetically we aren't really sure what to think. There is no denying it is well built and the quality is high, but the colours are so unusual that we really do feel a portion of the audience will be immediately alienated.
Thermaltake have incorporated a mirrored 5 heatpipe design into the base and these extend upwards through a series of aluminum fins. We noticed that they have shaped the pipes to form an out of line exit point at the top, this will probably slightly aid the cooling efficiency through the fins. The base finish is not the best we have seen, but is quite good.
The Jing weighs 920 grams and stands 162mm high, 123mm wide and 131mm long. Yes, it is a brute.
One aspect of the design we really like is the fan mounting system. Each 120mm fan is clipped into the surrounding shell on each side.
While each fan connects to either side of the cooler it is very important to use them in a correct push/pull configuration. If you notice above, the fans have the blades set in reverse positions. Each fan also has a speed controller for low/high settings, identical in design to the FRIO cooler we reviewed months ago.
Ideal for a media system where you can hide it away, but its too big ! good performer, brilliant noise levels, but christ that is buck ugly.
When they brought this out in price release information I couldnt comprehend who thought cream and lime was a good idea. seriously.
The frio kills it, and while i appreciate the noise levels, most people who really care about that extra 5 dba are in the media audience. I dont think many of the hard core media guys use a full size chassis, which is needed to fit this cooler in the first place. I personally think it is a disaster
It isnt a disaster. Its a really good cooler which is thermaltakes way of addressing the frio’s high noise levels. The only problem is somewhere down the line they felt the need to give it a chinese restaurant soy sauce makeover.
I dont hate the looks, it certainly wont be copied anytime soon. Surely this is an issue for a western audience as I am positive the eastern audience will love this. It shows however that thermaltake are not undergoing enough market research. the fact they can release a BMW design level 10 case then this right afterwards shows a strong company disorganisation on the end goal.
It is a good cooler, I like it. But lets hope they relent and make a black version. In fact I think any other color would be better, even luminous pink.
Good well balanced review. I wouldn’t buy this. It looks possible like the worst cooler I have seen.
I do however appauld them for being daring enough to try it. But next time, lets keep it a little more component friendly. That looks out of place in any system.
Fuck me, that is one ugly bitch
Its a chinese design, which is great if they are selling it there. it needed a european remake. This will not sell, even if it beat the noctua NH D14. would you buy it ? I dont think so.!
I would buy it, I like the low noise levels, and I have a side door. If I had a windowed, lit up case not so sure though. When is it out ?
Designed by a chinese dude with a video made by a guy from germany. Full of mistakes, dialogue errors and a design right out of the 1960’s.
If Thermaltake want to get to the next level they need more staff involved from UK and USA. these markets (like us) won’t touch something like this.
Good review though Zardon, covered it well and fairly put together.
Lime and cream are the only colors they are making? WTF?
All cases are black or silver. this looks hideous with either scheme. What a bizarre marketing decision from this company. Such a shame too, as it seems really good.
I like the looks & colour of this cpu cooler i want to have it in my system.
but what i want to know is how well would it cool a i7-980x cpu?